July 3 2005
Lena Lillian Waters
Thursday, Oct. 15th, 2009:
    As I have been repeatedly reminded by my Mother, I have not updated this site in quite sometime, and I apologize!
As you may imagine, life with two toddlers can be a little hectic! A lot has happened this past year, and I find my family
truly blessed! We're coming up on a year since we brought Anya home from Russia, and it's been an adjustment to
say the least! We are all settled in now, and Anya is doing well, and communicating better every day, which makes it
much easier for all of us! She loves going to Pre- school with her big sister. The two of them are inseparable! Of
course there's the occasional high pitched shriek of "It's Mine!", and the tearful drama, but for the most part, they
are two peas in a pod!
    Anya is a real "girly" girl. She loves purses and shoes and necklaces and dressing up. She eats everything and
anything and she's a great sleeper! She loves Raspberries! Of course, she always wants to do everything her big
sister does!
    Lena is extremely creative. Her favorite thing to do is arts and crafts projects, especially if there's glue involved!
She is a very picky eater and has been 28 pounds for over 2 years, and we'll find out next week if she's broken the
thirty pound mark! She's learning to write at school and practicing her letters and writing her name. She has some
really good friends at school. She's also really into music and the two girls go in Lena's room and play music and
dance.
    Our schedule is hectic, but it's working and we have lots of fun! Those girls are beautiful, sweet, loving kids! The
best sound is when they're jumping on the bed and giggling together!